Interpretivism without Judgement-Dependence

Philosophia - In a recent article in this journal, Krzysztof Poslajko reconstructs—and endorses as probative—a dilemma for interpretivism first posed by Alex Byrne. On the first horn of...     

The Suspended Aesthetic: Slavoj Žižek on Eastern European Film

Slavoj iek's writings on Krzysztof Kies´lowski and Andrej Tarkovskij represent direct challenges to the Central and Eastern European tradition of spiritual art and to dominant aesthetic concepts as such. He refuses to separate the solemn films of Kies´lowski and Tarkovskij from popular culture and stresses their import as ethical statements by their directors. Despite this ethical emphasis, iek makes an important contribution to philosophical aesthetics. He implicitly defines art as a suspension of reality which reveals time in its fragility and potentiality. Defining iek's aesthetics in terms of suspension helps to explain his partiality for Kies´lowski and Tarkovskij and bears comparison to the Russian tradition of philosophical aesthetics, in particular Aleksej Losev and Alexander Bakshy.     

REVIEWS

Books Reviewed in this Article: Religion and Philosophy, by FREDERICK C. COPLESTON. A History of Philosophy. Volume IX: Maine de Biran to Sartre, by FREDERICK C. COPLESTON. Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher of Culture, by FREDERICK C. COPLESTON. The Gay Science, by FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, translated with commentary by WALTER KAUFMANN. Nietzsche, Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist, by WALTER KAUFM ANN, 4th Edition. Critique of Earth (Gifford Lectures, Second Series), by AREND TH. VAN LEEUWEN. Critique of Heaven (Gifford Lectures, First Series), by AREND TH. VAN LEEUWEN. Collected Works: Vol. I: Marx; 1835–1843, by KARL MARX and FREDERICK ENGELS. Roads to Consciousness, by SYDNEY MENDEL. Art and the Imagination, A Study in the Philosophy of Mind, by ROGER SCRUTON. Dealing with Deviants, by STUART WHITELEY, DENNIE BRIGGS and MERFYN TURNER. Two Old Testament Theologies. A Comparative Evaluation of the Contributions of Eichrodt and von Rad to our Understanding of the Nature of Old Testament Theology, by D.G. SPRIGGS. Christian Initiation, by HUGH M. RILEY. Idem. Vol. 6, Crescentianus - Innocentia. Lexikon der christlichen Ikonogruphie, edited by WOLFGANG BRAUNFELS. Vol. 5, Ikonographie der Heiligen, Aaron - Crescentianus. Idem, Vol 7, lnnozenz - Melchisedech. Christian Political Theory and Church Politics in the Mid-Twelfth Century: The Ecclesiology of Gratian's Decretum, by STANLEY CHODOROW. La Teoria del Naturale e del Soprannaturale secondo S. Tommaso d'Aquino, by GIACOMO CROSIGNANI. Consubstantiel et Transsubstantiation, by PAUL-LAURENT CARLE, O.P. The Covenant Sealed: The Development of Puritan Sacramental Theology in Old and New England, 1570–1720, by E. BROOKS HOLIFIELD. The Eucharist Today: Studies in Series 3, edited by R.C.D. JASPER. Le Ralliement du Clergé Français à la Morale Liguorienne, by JEAN GUERBER. New Perspectives in Moral Theology, by CHARLES E. CURRAN. Christian Ethics and the Problems of Society, by ROGER CHARLES, SJ. Origins of the Theology of Hope, by M. DOUGLAS MEEKS. International Glossary of Abbreviations for Theology and Related Subjects, compiled by SIEGFRIED SCHWERTNER.     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Kevin J. Vanhoozer, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology.
Reviewed by Mike Higton Simon Francis Gaine, Will There Be Free Will in Heaven? Freedom, Impeccability and Beatitude.
Reviewed by Lindsey Hall Denys Turner, Faith, Reason and the Existence of God.
Reviewed by Fergus Kerr Richard Cross, The Metaphysics of the Incarnation, Thomas Aquinas to Duns Scotus.
Reviewed by Oliver Crisp Nicholas M. Healy, Thomas Aquinas: Theologian of the Christian Life.
Reviewed by Iain Taylor Eleonore Stump, Aquinas.
Reviewed by Iain Taylor Chris Fleming, René Girard: Violence and Mimesis.
Reviewed by Bruce Hamill Hans Boersma, Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross: Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition.
Reviewed by Ian A. McFarland Robert Sherman, King, Priest and Prophet: A Trinitarian Theology of Atonement.
Reviewed by Thomas A. Price Gerrit Scott Dawson, Jesus Ascended: The Meaning of Christ's Continuing Incarnation.
Reviewed by Sandra Fach Elizabeth Teresa Groppe, Yves Congar's Theology of the Holy Spirit.
Reviewed by Paul M. Collins Jürgen Moltmann, Science and Wisdom.
Reviewed by Peter Forster Eberhard Busch, The Great Passion: An Introduction to Karl Barth's Theology; Joseph L. Mangina, Karl Barth: Theologian of Christian Witness; Kurt Anders Richardson, Reading Karl Barth: New Directions for North American Theology.
Reviewed by Mike Higton Wallace M. Alston Jr and Michael Welker, eds., Reformed Theology: Identity and Ecumenicity.
Reviewed by Iain Taylor Reinhard Hütter, Bound to be Free: Evangelical Catholic Engagements in Ecclesiology, Ethics, and Ecumenism.
Reviewed by Nicholas Healy Tuomo Mannermaa, Christ Present in Faith: Luther's View of Justification.
Reviewed by Matt Jenson D.C. Schindler, Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Dramatic Structure of Truth.
Reviewed by Cyril O’Regan     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Education and the Creative Potential by E. Paul Torrance Creating a Speech, A Student's Workbook by Fred M. Amram and Frank T. Benson Creativity at Home and in School. Edited by Frank E. Williams The Impact Teacher by Raymond H. Reno, St. Paul Early Education: Current Theory, Research and Practice. Edited by Robert D. Hess and Roberta Meyer Baer. The Ames Demonstrations in Perception by William H. Ittelson. Play, Drama and Thought by Richard Courtney. The Intellectual in India by Nirad C. Chaudhuri How to Be a More Creative Executive by Joseph G. Mason.     

Book Reviews

King, Nicholas Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation (edited by Joel B. Green) Alison, James Resurrection Reconsidered (edited by Gavin D’Costa) Alison, James The Beginning and End of ‘Religion’ (by Nicholas Lash) Main, Roderick The Allure of Gnosticism: The Gnostic Experience in Jungian Psychology and Contemporary Culture (edited by Rogert Segal with June Singer and Murray Stein) Deane-Drummond, Celia Beliefs and Biology: Theories of Life and Living (by Jennifer Trusted) Thomas, Janice The Mind and its World (by Gregory McColloch) Meynell, Hugo Arguing for Atheism: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (byRobin Le Poidevin) Meynell, Hugo Philosophical Idealism and Christian Belief (by Alan F. P. Sell) Waterfield, Robin The Dialogues of Plato, Volume 3: Ion, Hippias Minor, Laches, Protagoras (trans. and comment. by R. E. Allen); The Plato Reader (by T. D. J. Chappell) Levi, Anthony Michel de Certau: Interpretation and its Other (by Jeremy Ahearne) Saliba, John Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers and Rajneesh Lovers: Women’s Roles in New Religions (by Susan Jean Palmer) Craske, Jane Feminism and Christian Ethics (by Susan Frank Parsons) Linnane, Brian Christian Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender (edited by Adrian Thatcher and Elizabeth Stuart) d’Ardenne, Patricia Men, Women, Passion and Power: Gender Issues in Psychotherapy (by Marie Maguire); Feminism and Sexuality: A Reader (edited by Stevi Jackson and Sue Scott) Creagh-Fuller, Tomas Law and Family in Late Antiquity (by Judith Evans Grubbs) King, Nicholas Lydia’s Impatient Sisters: A Feminist Social History of Early Christianity (by Luise Schottroff) Laird, Martin Collectanea Augustiniana. Augustine: Mystic and Mystagogue (edited by Frederick Van Fleteren, Joseph C. Schaubelt O.S.A. and Joseph Reino) Louth, Andrew The Martyrs of Córdoba: Community and Family Conflict in an Age of Mass Conversion (Jessica A. Coope) Swanson, R. N. Peter des Roches: An Alien in English Politics, 1205–1238 (by Nicholas Vincent) Swanson, R. N. Runaway Religions in Medieval England c. 1240–1540 (by F. Donald Logan) Fox, Rory Aquinas and the Jews (by John Y. B. Hood) Hamilton, Alistair The Elect Nation: The Savonarolan Movement in Florence 1494–1545 Hamilton, Alastair Church and Politics in Renaissance Italy: The Life and Career of Cardinal Francesco Soderini, 1453–1524 (by K. J. P. Lowe) Swanson, R. N. The Cartulary of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem in England, Part 2: Prima Camera Essex (edited by Michael Gervers) McCoog, Thomas M. The Jesuit Mystique (by Douglas Letson and Michael Higgins); The Jesuits: A Story of Power (by Alain Woodrow) Levi, Anthony Collected Works of Erasmus (University of Toronto Press – various volumes involving various translators, annotators and editors) McCoog, Thomas, M. Voracious Idols & Violent Hands (by Lee Palmer Wandel) Ditchfield, Simon Right Thinking and Sacred Oratory in Counter-Reformation Rome (by Frederick J. McGinness) Chibi, Andrew, A. Catholic and Reformed: The Roman and Protestant Churches in English Protestant Thought 1600–1640 (by Anthony Milton) Butler, Perry The Nineteenth-Century Church and English Society (by Frances Knight) Aspinwall, Bernard The Catholic Philanthropic Tradition in America (by Mary J. Oates) Kollar, RenéFaith and Family: The Life and Circle of Ambrose Phillipps de Lisle (by Margaret Pawley)     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Guidance Monograph Series. Series V: Guidance and the Exceptional Student edited by Shelly C. Stone and Bruce Shertzer. The Academically Talented Student and Guidance by John C. Gowan and Catherin B. Bruch The Mentally Retarded Student and Guidance by Earl J. Heath. Prevention and Control of Delinquency: The School Counselor's Role by William C. Kvaraceus. The Emotionally Disturbed Student and Guidance by William C. Rhodes. Students with Reading Disabilities and Guidance by Ellsworth S. Woestehoff. The Culturally Disadvantaged Student and Guidance by Merle B. Karnes, R. Reid Zehrback, and Guy R. Jones. Rehabilitation Counseling: Scope and Services by Marceline E. Jaques. Speech and Hearing Disorders in Children by Jerome G. Alpiner. Underachieving Students and Guidance by Robert M. Roth. The Child with Learning Disabilities and Guidance by Robert P. Anderson. Educational Perspectives on the Drug Crisis edited by Peter Hackett, Wendell M. Lewis, and Jill B. Pierce. Marriage Happiness, a Behavioral Approach to Counseling by David A. Knox. Gestalt Therapy Now: Theory, Techniques, Applications edited by Joen Fagan and Irma Lee Shepherd. Trick or Treatment: How and When Psychotherapy Fails by Richard B. Stuart. Awareness: Exploring, Experimenting, Experiencing by John O. Stevens. The Dimensions of Personality Series: Here I Am, I'm Not Alone, Becoming Myself by Walter J. Limbacher. Psychoanalytic Contributions to Community Psychology edited by Donald S. Milman and George D. Goldman.     

Reviews

Books reviewed Covenant and Eschatology: The Divine Drama by Michael S. Horton (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002), + 351 pp.
reviewed by Ben Quash
Peterhouse
University of Cambridge
Cambridge CB2 1RD
UK Feminist Theology: Voices from the Past by Ann Loades (Cambridge: Polity, 2001), vi + 216 pp.
reviewed by Susan Abraham
Department of Theology
St. Bonaventure University
St. Bonaventure, NY 14778
USA Divine Action & Modern Science by Nicholas Saunders (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002), xviii + 234 pp.
reviewed by
Larry Chapp
DeSales University
2755 Station Avenue
Center Valley, PA 18036
USA Abraham! Abraham! Kierkegaard and the Hasidim on the Binding of Isaac, by Jerome I. Gellman (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2003), + 125 pp.
reviewed by
Claire Elise Katz
Department of Philosophy
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
USA The Priority of Love: Christian Charity and Social Justice by Timothy P. Jackson (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003), xix + 229 pp.
reviewed by
Joel James Shuman
Department of Theology
King's College
133 North River Street
Wilkes‐Barre, PA 18711
USA Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism by Alain Badiou, translated by Ray Brassier (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003), x + 111 pp.
reviewed by
Douglas Harink
The King's University College
9125—50^th Street
Edmonton, Alberta
T6B 2H3
Canada After Aquinas: Versions of Thomism by Fergus Kerr (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2002), viii + 254.
reviewed by
D. Stephen Long
Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary
2121 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60201
USA Heidegger's Atheism: The Refusal of a Theological Voice by Laurence Paul Hemming (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002), x1 + 327 pp.
reviewed by
Cyril O’Regan
Department of Theology
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
USA Aquinas on Being by Anthony Kenny (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2002), x + 212 pp.
reviewed by
Herwi Rikhof
Katholieke Theologische Universiteit te Utrecht/Thomas Instituut Utrecht
Postbus 80101 3508 TC
Utrecht
THE NETHERLANDS Jesus the Pharisee by Hyam Maccoby (London: SCM Press, 2003), x + 228 pp.
reviewed by
Kristen H. Lindbeck
469 East Olmos Drive
San Antonio, TX 78212
USA     

From the Book Review Editor

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ETHICS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING: A PRACTICAL GUIDE (2nd Edition), by Kenneth S. Pope and Melba J. T. Vasquez (1998). San Francisco: Jossey Bass. Reviewed by Paula J. Caplan.

BREASTS: THE WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVE ON AN AMERICAN OBSESSION, by Carolyn Latteier (1998). New York: Harrington Park Press. Reviewed by Joan C. Chrisler.

LOOKING QUEER: BODY IMAGE AND IDENTITY IN LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER COMMUNITIES, edited by Dawn Atkins. New York: Harrington Park Press, $29.95, paperback. Reviewed by Christine Smith.

THE LAST TIME I WORE A DRESS, by Daphne Scholinski with Jane Meredith Adams (1997). New York: Riverhead Books, $23.95, hardback. Reviewed by Claudette Kulkarni.

AFTER SILENCE: RAPE AND MY JOURNEY BACK, by Nancy Venable Raine (1998). New York: Crown Publications, Inc., $23.00, hardback. ISBN: 0-517-70683-0. Reviewed by Lisa Cosgrove.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Violence Unveiled: Humanity at the Crossroads by Gil Bailie The Feminist Question: Feminist Theology in the Light of Christian Tradition by Francis Martin Doctrine: Systematic theology, Volume II by James Wm. McClendon, Jr. Pattern of Redemption: The Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar by Edward T. Oakes Reclaiming Dietrich Bonhowffer: The Promise of His Theology by Charles Marsh WITTGENSTEIN: A Religious Point of View? by Norman Malcolm, edited with a response by Peter Winch. God and the Philosophers: The Reconciliation of Faith and Reason, Ed. Thomas V. Morris Reasoning and Rhetoric in Religion by Nancey C. Murphy A Radical Jew: Paul and the Politics of Identity by Daniel Boyarin     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Creative Elite in America by Nathaniel Weyl. Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press, 1966 The Step to Man by John Rader Platt. New York; John Wiley, 1966 IQ: A Mensa Analysis and History by Victor Serebriakoff. London: Mensa, 1965 Problem Solving in the Classroom by Bryce B. Hudgins. New York: MacMillan, 1966 Alienation and Education: An Empirical Approach by Frank P. Besag. Buffalo, New York: Hertillion Press, 1966     

Three Books that are a Goldmine for Quality-of-Life Therapists

This is a review of three books related to quality-of-life therapy and coaching. The books are: (1) The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky, published by The Penguin Press, 2008; (2) Quality of Life Therapy by Michael Frisch, published by Wiley, 2006; and (3) Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman, published by the Free Press, 2002.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Christentum und Weltreligionen: Hinführung zum Dialog mit Islam, Hinduismus und Buddhismus, by Hans Küng, Josef van Ess, Heinrich von Stietencron, Heinz Bechert, Munich & Zürich Tell Us Our Names: Story Theology from an Asian Perspective, by C.S. Song, Maryknoll No Other Name? by Paul F. Knitter Muhammad and the Christian: a Question of Response, by Kenneth Cragg Worlds of Difference, by Martin Palmer and Esther Bisset     

Reviews

Memoirs, by Cardinal Mindszenty, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975, 341 pp., £6.

Staretz Amvrosy, by John Dunlop, Mowbrays, 1975, 176 pp., £1.95.

Christen im Schatten der Macht by Hans Brandenburg, Brockhaus, Wup‐pertal, 1974, 206 pp. English translation : to be published by Mowbrays in 1976.

Christen unter Hammer und Sichel by Winrich Scheffbuch, Brockhaus, Wuppertal, 1972, 200 pp. English translation: Christians under the Hammer and Sickle, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 1974, 220 pp., $2.95.

Confucius, Mao and Christ, by Paul E. Kauffman, Asian Outreach, Hong Kong, 1975, 248 pp.

Derriere le Rideau de Bambou, by Sergiu Grossu, Editions des Catacombes, Courbevoie, 1975, 153 pp.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Trial OF Beyers Naudé: Christian Witness AND THE Rule OF Law, edited by the Der überholte Marx, by Walther Bienert Karl Barths Tauflehre, by Richard Schlüter Evangelischer Erwachsenen Katechismus: Kursbuch DES Glaubens, edited by Werner Jentsch, Harmut Jetter, Manfred Kiessig and Horst Keller The Common Catechism: A Christian Book OF Faith, edited by Johannes Feiner and Lukas Vischer The Ecumenical World OF Orthodox Civilization: Russia AND Orthodoxy Christian Ethics FOR Black Theology, by Major J. Jones La Cage DES Chrétiens, by Bruno Bürki. Yaoundé Cyprian OF Carthage AND THE Unity OF THE Christian Church, by Peter Hinchliff The Hindu Response TO THE Unbound Christ, by S. J. Samartha Gott IN Japan, edited by Yagi Sehchi and Ulrich Luz Entwicklung IM Paradies, by Ulrich Beyer A Theology OF THE Old Testament, by John L. McKenzie Papsttum UND Petrusdienst, by Heinrich Stirnimann and Lukas Vischer     

Significance of a Preponderance of Human Movement Responses on the Rorschach in Children Below Age Ten

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Beck, Samuel J. Rorschach's Test III. Advance in Interpretation. New York: Grune &; Stratton, 1952. Reviewed by Mortimer M. Meyer

Brower, Daniel and Abt, Lawrence Progress in Clinical Psychology. Volume I. New York: Grune &; Stratton, 1952. Reviewed by Ohmer Milton

Buhler, C., Smitter, F., and Richardson, S. Childhood Problems and the Teacher. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1952. Pp. 372, $3.75. Reviewed by Lois Barclay Murphy

Jolles, Isaac. A Catalogue for the Qualitative Interpretation of the H-T-P. Beverly Hills: Western Psychological Services, 1952, 97 pp. Reviewed by Wilson H. Guertin

Kinget, Marian G., The Drawing-Completion Test. New York: Grune and Stratton, Inc., 1952. Reviewed by Fred Brown

Meili, Richard. Lehrbuch der Psychologischen Diagnostik. Bern: Verlag Hans Huber, 1951, 372 pp. Reviewed by Walther Joel

Szondi, L. Experimental Diagnostics of Drives (Translated by Gertrude Aull). New York: Grune and Stratton, 1952, 220 pp. Reviewed by Henry P. David     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: The Training of Teachers in Universities: by R. A. C. Oliver . Conscience and Society: by Ranyard West . Education for Democracy: by Margaret Cole . The Psychology of Cultural Change in Painting. British Journal of Psychology, Monograph Supplement, No. XXVI: by R. W. Pickford . Blue Print for a Common School: by W. Kenneth Richmond . Social Studies and World Citizenship: by L. J. F. Brimble and F. J. May . Sane Psychology: by R. J. S. Mc Dowall , M.D., D.Sc. Redbrick University. by Bruce Truscot . Education in World Ethics and Science: by Sir Richard Gregory , F.R.S. Young Children in War-time in a Residential War Nursery: by Dorothy Burlingham and Anna Freud .     

Reviews

Books reviewed: William Schweiker, Theological Ethics and Global Dynamics: In the Time of Many Worlds.
Reviewed by Brian Brock Margaret R. Miles, The Word Made Flesh: A History of Christian Thought.
Reviewed by William C. Placher Daniel Migliore, Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology.
Reviewed by John Flett Karen Kilby, Karl Rahner: Theology and Philosophy.
Reviewed by Michael Purcell Kevin D. Kennedy, Union with Christ and the Extent of the Atonement in Calvin.
Reviewed by Iain Taylor C. Helmer and C. Landmesser, eds., One Scripture or Many? Canon from Biblical, Theological and Philosophical Perspectives.
Reviewed by Andrew T. Lincoln Gabriel Flynn, Yves Congar's Vision of the Church in a World of Unbelief.
Reviewed by Paul M. Collins Paul Helm and Oliver D. Crisp, eds., Jonathan Edwards: Philosophical Theologian.
Reviewed by W. Ross Hastings Henrique Pinto, Foucault, Christianity and Interfaith Dialogue.
Reviewed by John Flett David Lauber, Barth on the Descent into Hell: God, Atonement and the Christian Life.
Reviewed by Nathan R. Strunk     

Do the wrong thing: How toddlers tell a joke from a mistake

We investigated whether 19–36-month-olds (1) differentiate mistakes from jokes, and (2) understand humorous intentions. The experimenter demonstrated unambiguous jokes accompanied by laughter, unambiguous mistakes accompanied by the experimenter saying, “Woops!”, and ambiguous actions that could either be a mistake or a joke, accompanied by either laughter or, “Woops!” Toddlers were asked to try. Nineteen- to 36-month-olds differentiated jokes and mistakes by copying unambiguous jokes and correcting unambiguous mistakes. Only 25–36-month-olds differentiated mistakes and humorous intentions by copying ambiguous actions marked by laughter, and correcting those marked by, “Woops!” Understanding humorous intentions precedes understanding intentions behind pretense, lying, and false beliefs, thus may be a first step in understanding that others can intend to do the wrong thing.     

The church and its pastor: Community agents

Summary The clergymen can contribute to community mental health,first of all, by enabling the church to fulfill its mission;second, by carrying out pastoral duties sensitively and competently;third, by developing and using counseling skills at various levels;fourth, by supporting and using community mental health and other human services; andfifth, by giving leadership in making the community a place which is consistent with the teachings of his faith.